CRL.M.C./6103/2026 of VINAY VERMA & ANR. Vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. on 9 September 2026

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1. This hearing has been conducted through hybrid mode. CRL.M.C. 6103/2026

2. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘BNSS’) seeking quashing of FIR No. 0071/2019 dated 08.03.2019, registered at Police Station Farsh Bazar, District Shahdara, Delhi under Sections 498A, 406 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘IPC’), and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, including the charge-sheet pending before the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Mahila Court, Shahdara District, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi in Cr. Case No. 6295/2019 titled ‘State v. Vinay Verma & Anr.’, in view of the amicable settlement between the parties.

3. The Petitioners and Respondent No.2 are present before this Court and have been duly identified by the concerned Investigating Officer (IO).

4. Issue Notice. Learned APP for the State accepts notice on behalf of the State.

5. Briefly stated, petitioner No. 1 and respondent No. 2 were married on 10.02.2012 and a male child was born from the wedlock on 02.04.2015. Owing to matrimonial differences, the parties started residing separately from 28.08.2018. Respondent No. 2 thereafter lodged the aforesaid FIR on 08.03.2019 against petitioner No. 1 and petitioner No. 2, who is his mother, and a charge-sheet was subsequently filed. During the pendency of the proceedings, the disputes between petitioner No. 1 and respondent No. 2 were settled in terms of the order dated 09.02.2026 passed by the learned Family Court in Execution Criminal No. 1532/2024.

6. In terms of the settlement, petitioner No. 1 agreed to pay a total sum of ₹23,00,000/-, including an amount towards the future needs of the minor child. The first and second motions for divorce by mutual consent were allowed on 24.03.2026 and 25.05.2026 respectively, and the marriage between the parties thereafter stood dissolved by a decree of divorce by mutual consent. Respondent No. 2 has also furnished her no-objection to the quashing of the FIR and the consequential proceedings.

7. Learned counsel for the Petitioners submits that, in terms of the settlement arrived at between the parties, a sum of Rs.15,00,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Lakhs only) has already been paid to Respondent No. 2. He further submits that the Fixed Deposit (F.D.) for the balance amount of Rs.8,00,000/- (Rupees Eight Lakhs only), bearing No. 50301408923881 in the name of the minor child, Manit Verma, has been handed over to Respondent No. 2 today in Court. It is submitted that, with the aforesaid payment, the terms and conditions of the settlement stand fully complied with and nothing further remains payable thereunder.

8. On a query made by this Court, respondent No. 2, who has been duly identified by the IO, has stated that she entered into the settlement, as recorded vide order dated 09.02.2026 passed by the learned Judge, Family Court, Shahdara District, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi, of her own free will and without any pressure, coercion, undue influence or threat. She has further stated that she has no objection if the aforementioned FIR is quashed

9. In view of the above, since the parties have amicably resolved their differences of their own free will and without any pressure, coercion, undue influence or threat, and the marriage between petitioner No. 1 and respondent No. 2 has also been dissolved by mutual consent vide order dated 25.05.2026, no useful purpose would be served by continuing the proceedings. Rather, continuation of the proceedings may only give rise to further acrimony between the parties. In these circumstances, this Court is of the view that the interest of justice would be served by bringing the proceedings to an end. Accordingly, the aforesaid FIR and all proceedings arising therefrom are liable to be quashed.

10. Therefore, FIR No. 0071/2019, registered at Police Station Farsh Bazar, District Shahdara, Delhi, for offences punishable under Sections 498A, 406 and 34 of IPC, and all consequential proceedings emanating therefrom, are hereby quashed.

11. Accordingly, the present petition stands disposed of.

12. Pending application(s), if any, also stand(s) disposed of.

13. A copy of this order be sent to the concerned learned Trial Court for necessary information and compliance.

14. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. MADHU JAIN, J SEPTEMBER 9, 2026/prg/PG